name

Chick Webb, Drums

dates

b. February 10, 1905; d. June 16, 1939

birth place

Baltimore, MD

description

Influential early bandleader and extraordinarily brawny drummer for one of his stature; credited with introducing young Ella Fitzgerald in his band.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_Webb